Physics 521 – Fall 2015
General information
- Classroom: Workman 310
- Hours: TR 9:30-10:45
- Instructor: David J. Raymond
- Office: Workman 349
- Office phone: 575 835 5610
- Cell phone: 575 517 9422
- Email: raymond@kestrel.nmt.edu
- Office hours: 11-12 MWF
- Text: Available as a PDF on this website
Policy
Your grade is based on homework (25%) and 3 hourly tests (25% each). There is no final exam, but tests are cumulative – you can't forget the material that was covered on previous tests.
The tests are closed book, closed notes. However, you may bring in a one page reminder sheet if you desire.
Collaboration with other students on the development of homework solutions is OK. However, the final writeup should be the student's own work. Students will be asked to present selected homework problems to the class on the date the homework is due.
Syllabus
- Introduction
- The Notion of Stress
- Budgets, Fluxes, and the Equations of Motion
- Kinematics in Continuum Mechanics
- Elastic Bodies
- Waves in an Elastic Medium
- Statics of Elastic Media
- Newtonian Fluids
- Creeping Flow
- High Reynolds Number Flow
Additional information
- Assignments are available here. Please check this frequently.
- A current PDF copy of the text is available here.
- Here is a chapter-by-chapter summary of important concepts.
- There is a great deal of information on the web and in the library on continuum mechanics if you feel the need for an alternate source.
Counseling and Disability Service information
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Academic honesty
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